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    Cooking & Baking

    Quick Pickled Red Onions

    November 21, 2024 - By Amy

    I’m a big believer in garnishes making or breaking a dish. I’m still learning what kinds of garnishes and toppings I like best, and I’m especially still learning how to plate food in an appealing way. But it’s a journey I’m excited to be on, and I’d like to bring you along for one of the stops: pickled red onions! A couple of years ago, I started seeing pickled red onions everywhere, especially online. Lots of food content creators seemed to be making and using them on all kinds of dishes. I wanted to try them, and it seemed like…

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    November 12, 2024 - By Amy

    Have you ever hosted Thanksgiving, cooked and carved a turkey, and then stared at that giant carcass and thought, “This seems like such a waste,” as you break it up into pieces for your compost? Or has the potential waste ever held you off on cooking a whole bird? I have the recipe for you! In my household, we usually cook our turkey on a Saturday, which gives us the rest of the weekend to make soup. If you are making your turkey on Thanksgiving Monday (this is a thing here in Canada!), you will have trouble finding time to…

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